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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1897
Page
2
The piece notes President McKinley urged Congress to appoint a Non-Partisan Commission to study banking and currency laws, but the effort failed to pass. It also mentions the Senate tariff bill passage on July 24 and other Washington developments affecting civil service and railway valuations.
Advertisements trumpet Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption and other ailments with guarantees and free trials. Also promotes Sucklen Arnica Salve for skin issues and a hardship tale of Cuban news. Local druggists and Hillsboro Drug Company listed as sellers and distributors.
The Charlotte Observer criticizes Fusionism in the last campaign led by Russell as selfish and vindictive. It notes a bitter fight over leasing the North Carolina Railroad to the Southern Railway, likening debates to Reconstruction era chaos. It alleges double dealing in the senatorial race, patronage payments for Populist votes, new taxes penalties, procedural faults, and expands on misrule of penitentiaries and state charities unless Supreme Court intervention saves the hospitals for the insane.
The piece extols Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy listing ten reasons its instant stomach relief, reliability in severe dysentery, curing chronic diarrhoea, preventing bilious colic, curing epidemical dysentery, handling cholera infantum, and being safe and pleasant. It notes sizes 25 and 50 cents sold by W A Hayes Druggist and ends with a stray fact about North Carolina sweet potato production.
Weekly price list shows white wheat at 60 cents per bushel, corn 60 cents, oats 30 cents, meal 60 cents, pork up to 5 cents per pound, bacon and flour prices listed, tallow 4 cents, beeswax 2 cents, butter 15 cents, peas 75 cents to 1.00, hides 5 to 6 cents, chickens 8 to 12 cents each, wool prices, coffee 12 to 20 cents, sugar 5 to 6 cents, and general demand for country produce.
By authority of the Superior Court clerk in A J Bowling et al vs Currie Tilley et al, a sale of dower land to Mary J Wes widow Amelia Swear not by the moon is advertised. The property near Parcel Creek runs a described line from a stake through holes on Holeman line, totaling about 4 9 acres, with sale at noon. Terms: one third cash with balance at 6 and 12 months, interest from day of sale. Date: 24 June 1897. Commissioner: Thomas Gray.
Augustus and Amelia exchange a vow in a lighthearted Tit-Bits moment as he swears love by his bicycle. The playful scene juxtaposes romance with a quirky object, revealing their affection in a quaint, era-tinged tone.
A campaign letter explains a state funded local tax election on August 10 in townships with no local school tax. The state allocates 50 000 among qualifying townships, matching funds up to 500 per township, and Col J S Carr of Durham offers 500 to the county with the highest local tax support. The plan argues local taxation yields first class schools at lower cost.
A Boston encounter shows John Quincy Adams replying that he himself is well but his house is dilapidated and needing to move. The piece ends noting his death from a stroke in Washington and a later reader endorsement for Eleotic Bitters with health claims.
The owner announces removal of the drug store from Churton to King Street Laws old stand and invites all customers needing items in the line to visit.
A collection of aphorisms and quips cites temperaments of thermometers, tameable beings, and social conduct. The piece notes a campaign orator sweating, a giraffe in a drinking contest, and etiquette for trolley car right of ways alongside a remark on Japan’s cigarette smoking.
An old advertisement promotes the Caldicell Institute offering cheap education with branches and music. It emphasizes pleasant climate, water and sturdy schooling for youths and invites inquiry to learn more about enrollment and address. Principal Thomas T. Candler is named.
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